> That game was not announced at the time

This is some ridiculous internet fanboy logic.

Just like your other post in which you said "Well, they didn't PROMISE, did they"

What comes after that? "Well, they weren't crossing their fingers behind their back when they said it, did they?"

How many arbitrary rules do you want to put in place in order to defend Xbox here?

This was a game in development for Playstation, they literally were told stop for non-gaming, non-technical reasons. They were told to stop, and it clearly had an anti-consumer impact.

> You keep cherry picking to support your emotional viewpoint

After your ridiculous logic, you have no place to lecture anybody about "emotional viewpoints."

> Sony has indeed prevented games from being launched on rival platforms

No, they haven't

Please show me a permanent buyout, and them shutting down existing game development.

You do understand that marketing deals or timed exclusivity is a TWO PARTY partnership. Sony didn't FORCE anything, they didn't bully their way into anything.

> (Final Fantasy would like to have a word, it doesn’t matter if they don’t own the IP, they are paying to keep it off the Xbox).

No where near the level of what Microsoft is already doing with Zenimax, and what they will eventually do with Activision games.

Once again, Sony didn't bully Square-Enix. Squre-Enix made that business choice.

> Now Microsoft follows their established lead and everyone freaks out?

Once again, your entire basis for this line is based on making a clear and dishonest claim.

Your fanboy is absolutely showing here.

> It was only last generation that Insomniac released a game on the Xbox (Sunset Overdrive), and now that studio will never work with anyone but Sony again.

Sunset Overdrive bombed, Insomniac choose to work with Sony on a Sony-controlled IP. And they made their most successful game, and then they choose to continue doing business with Sony, and their owners chose to get bought out.

Once again..........Insomniac is NOT a publisher, and NOT even a major publisher.

Once again.........Insomniac HAD NO MAJOR GAMING IP at the time they were acquired. The IP was already in Sony's hands.

You were never getting a Spider-man game on Xbox. Zero Percent chance of that ever happening.

Do you honestly believe what you are typing? You're trying to compare these things as the same?

> Yes, some IP has been lost in the process to Microsoft

Zenimax, a publisher that averages between $500-$550 million in revenue annually--which puts them on the level of Capcom or Konami--was bought out entirely.

And Activision--which generates about $7.2 billion in revenue annually--and is probably the single biggest third-party publisher that conducts most of its business in the west, and is only behind Microsoft/Sony/Nintendo.

You're over here trying to downplay it as "well.........some IP"